London Eye is located on the Thames, it is about 5 minutes walk from Waterloo station.
When I visited the London Eye, I was very skeptical, but I absolutely enjoyed it, it was much better than I predicted.
On the day I went, the weather was ...
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When I visit a new city, one of the things I look for is a neighborhood that's conducive to just walking around. In London, Portobello Road is it. With so many things to look at, you don't even notice how far you walk along the street filled with ...
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If you’ve never been to London you can’t miss the market in Camden, Camden Lock Market. Apart from a lot of second-hand clothing you will find stalls with books, furniture, bric-a-brac, antiques, records, clubwear, crafts, food and tattooists. ...
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One of the first sights I would recommend to first time visitors in London is St Paul’s Cathedral. I saw this impressing cathedral the first time late at night about two years ago. I was on my way home and had to stop to look at it because it was ...
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The bridge famously known as the London Bridge is in fact called Tower Bridge. A rich American purchased the London Bridge and moved it, piece by piece, to Arizona, where you can see the London Bridge.
That being said… it’s quite an ...
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Westminster Abbey is one of London’s famous landmarks. The cost is £10.00 for adults and £7.00 for students. You have to have a valid student ID for concession prices. It can get crowded, particularly during the summer. Lots of tourists and ...
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Tragalgar Square is such a beautiful place. Now that the pigeons are gone it is lovely to walk around the fountains, specially during summer season. Also in summer there are free opera screens and concerts. There are a couple of lovely cafés ...
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Piccadilly Circus is one of those places where you really seem to be in the middle of it all. People like me who enjoy the hustle and bustle aspects of a big city feel right at home here. This is definitely not a place for a quiet drink, but if ...
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I love the London museums, not only because they are beautiful and have incredible works of art and history, but that almost all of them are free! The Natural History Museum in South Kensington is no exception. In front, in the winter, there is ...
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The Tate Modern is one of my favorite museums in London, and that is saying something. There is a rotating exhibit in the largest room. I’ve seen it full of white boxes, with a large wind turbine and, most incredibly, five large twisty slides. ...
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You have many options to do on Saturdays in London. However, no matter how you will spend your day in the city, I would suggest a visit to Covent Garden in the end of the afternoon. The place uses to be crowded of tourists and local people who ...
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I must admit that my expectations of The Tower of London were quite high, and it was by far the highlight of my trip to London. I am generally let down when I anticipate so much from a destination, but The Tower of London far exceeded my ...
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On my countless visits to London, I've always idolized St James Park.
St James's Park is probably the most remarkable and intimate of the capital's central parks.
A fascinating place where I can walk any time of the year, spectacular trees, ...
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Finally after a long negotiation the exhibition "From Russia" featuring 120 works of impressionists and post-impressionist will be opened this Friday (25.02.2008) in London gallery.
The problem was that British Law doesn't protect foreign works ...
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As I approached the Big Ben for the very fist time I was taking aback by the size of it. It was incredibly beautiful and much more impressive of what it appeared in pictures. The fantastic clock is one of the most beautiful in the world and the ...
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Harrods It's a huge department store in Knightsbridge, London, owned by well-known Egyptian businessman Mohammed Al Fayed.
The store occupies a four and a half acre site and has over one million square feet of selling space in over 330 ...
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Every summer, the Regent’s Park hosts a festival called “Jazz in the Park”. The event takes place on all Sundays of July and August, from 2.30pm to 5pm, in the Bandstand, in front of the Boating Lake and quite near of Queen Mary’s Gardens. There, ...
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Where do I start? Most likely, the most exotic ethnic spot in London is Chinatown which is situated just off Shaftesbury Avenue in Soho.
The principal activity - which the Chinese are devoted to - is eating out. There are a great number of ...
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If you are walking around the Hyde Park on Sunday, go to the eccentric Speaker’s Corner, a small area inside the park close to Marble Arch and Oxford Street. As the name suggest, it is a corner where people use to speech about any subject. Since ...
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Located on top of a hill, there are impressive views towards the National Maritime Museum and the City of London.
I particularly loved the panoramic view across the River Thames to St Paul's Cathedral.
The Royal Observatory is in the heart of ...
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